Improvement in carriage-springs



T. MURGATHYD.

4 `Carriage Springs.

NO. 139,325. PatentedMay 27`Q1873;

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THOMAS MURGATROYD, OF HIAWATHA, KANSAS.

IMPROVEMENT IN cARRleE-SPRINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent )10.139,325, dated May 27, 1873; application illed February 15, 1873.

To all whom @t may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS MURGATEOYD, of Hiawatha, in the county of Brown and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Carriage-Springs, of which the following is a specification:

Figure l is a side view of my invention, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section, on the line C C, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail top view of the buckle, which connects the 1n ainsprin g with the horizontal braceand connected with the cross-pieces b by loops and links d. Every pair of springs B is screwed or otherwise applied to wooden seat-rests c, on which the body G of the wagon-rests. For the purpose of stren gthenin g and stiifening mainsprings B every corresponding pair is connected about halfway between the links 1 d and rests c by horizontal brace-springs, D,

which are applied to the mainsprings B by means of buckles f and pins g. The buckles f, Figs. l and 3, are rmly fastened to the mainsprings in such a manner that the larger part of the same is placed on the upper side' of the springs B, and perforated ears h are bent under at right angles downward for the reception of linksor pins g. Into the latter are linked the brace-springs D by means of upturned loop-like bends t'.` Resting centrally on the brace-springs D, and fastened to them is the cross-piece E, of wood or. other material,

which furnishes, by means of vertical rods K, applied to the outer seat-rests e, additional' supports to the body of the carriage, and by brace-rods l, to the middle rest-piece of the same. The foot-rest m of the body of the carriage is furthermore braced by two or more metal rods, n, which are-applied by screws or otherwise to the lower side ofcross-piece E, and are adjustable thereon.

Having thus described my invention, I claim i as new and desire to secure by Letters Pat entl. A horizontal brace-spring, D, applied to and between each pair of mainsprings, B B, for the purpose described.

2. The means for connecting the bracesprings D and the Vmainsprings B, consisting of the buckles f h, pins g, and bends t', as set forth.

3. The brace-spring D, cross-piece E, vertical rods K, brace-rods l, and rests e, combined with springs B B, as and for the purpose specified.

THOMAS MURGATROYD.

Witnesses:

IRA J. LAcocK, H. McGREw. 

